Look up: backlash

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   backlash
   [n] - an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
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   Backlash
   The lost motion or looseness (play) between the faces of meshing gears or threads. In the case of gears, it refers to how much one gear can be moved back and forth without moving the gear into which it is meshed. It may be measured in degrees. See also: Gear Design.
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   backlash
   in any mechanism,lost motion due to loose fitting or wear Category: Transport • the amount by which the width of a tooth space exceeds the thickness of the engaging tooth on the pitch circles Category: Mechanical engineering • property of most regenerative and oscillator circuits by which oscillation is maintained with a smaller positive feedback than is required for incept...
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   Backlash
   Back'lash` (-lăsh`) noun [ Back , adverb + lash .] (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
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   backlash
   <mechanics> The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion. ... Origin: Back, adv ...
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   backlash
   noun an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; `there was a backlash of intolerance`
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   Backlash
   A `backlash` is a popular extreme negative reaction against something that has gained popularity, prominence, or influence. While sometimes a backlash represents a categorical rejection of the idea, aesthetic, product, or fad in question, it often is more reflective of a collective resentment of that thing's ubiquity in culture and media, more than its mere existence. The term is commonly applied to racial discrimination and religious discriminat...
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   Backlash
   • (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.Backlash: words in the defi...
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   backlash
   
   1. a movement back from an impact
   2. an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
   
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